A good, often used method is a 50/50 mix of white PVA wood working glue and water with a dash of washing up liquid to break the surface tension. The scatter is put down first then the glue mix applied with a dropper or, in my case, a syringe. A gentle vacuuming, or brushing, the next day will show the areas you have missed. Keep the glue mix well away from the operating parts of your turnouts.
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That's a good idea with the stocking David, certainly more economical of scatter.
Have you come up with a good answer for 3)? If so let's hear it, may come in useful one day.
Have you come up with a good answer for 3)? If so let's hear it, may come in useful one day.
For me ballast and ground cover are treated exactly the same but I agree that painting the surface with the PVA/water mix achieves the same result. The difference being that I like to see what the scatter is going to look like before I glue it down. I find it much easier to move the scatter around with a small painbrush while it is dry rather than have to scrape it up after it is glued because I don't like the effect or the colour. It's what we all get used to I suppose.
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